OCCAP 2020 Award Winners:

Congratulations & THANK YOU  for your tireless efforts to support children's mental health!

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​Child & Adolescent
​Psychiatrist of the Year:

Linda Schmidt, MD

​Dr. Schmidt is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry for the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, at OHSU’s School of Medicine. She has practiced in a wide variety of treatment settings including outpatient, inpatient, residential, group home, and day treatment. She has a special interest in working with children and adolescents with developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental health problems and is an excellent advocate for the important role that child and adolescent psychiatrists provide to the care of Oregon youth and families.

Dr. Schmidt has helped bridge the gap with pediatric colleagues by educating primary care on teen depression and suicide prevention. She has also volunteered her time with several roles within the OCCAP executive committee as well as internationally with citizens in the Ukraine. She serves as consultant psychiatrist to Samaritan Ministries in Ukraine, an international non-profit organization committed to serving those less fortunate. Since 2016, she has led teams of mental health professionals to Ukraine to conduct training seminars for health professionals across the country. 

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Children's Mental Health
​Advocate of the Year:

Lines for Life is a Portland-based, regional nonprofit well-known for their work to prevent suicide and substance abuse including advocacy, prevention, and intervention. Lines for Life has also created programs to promote health and wellness such as the Youthline, a peer-to-peer crisis line, and a rapid-response team that responds to youth suicides statewide.

In 2019, Lines for Life was the recipient of the American Association of Suicidology award for Crisis Center Excellence and Innovation. AAS
Board President-Elect David Covington was quoted, “Lines for Life is leading the way in innovation – working to change the way we think about suicide and suicide prevention to support safer, healthier communities. Weaving together peer engagement and crisis line intervention, they have become the gold standard for call centers in the nation.” Lines for Life was also part of the 2020 initiative to establish 988 as the nationwide 3-digit phone number for Americans in crisis to connect with suicide prevention and mental health crisis counselors. As a result, all phone service providers are required to direct all 988 calls to the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by July 16, 2022. 

Last year, Lines for Life answered more than 110,000 calls and texts on its crisis lines and worked with 250+ volunteers who logged a total of 30000+ hours. 
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To learn more about Lines for Life, visit their page: Lines For Life – Preventing Substance Abuse and Suicide, and Promoting Mental Wellness 

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Lifetime Achievement Award
2018: ​Dr. Mike Deeney 

Dr. Mike Deeney with OCCAP Executive Council member Dr. Ajit Jetmalani.

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Child Psychiatrists of the Year:
2020: Linda Schmidt, MD
​2019: Craigan Usher MD
2018: Grant Godbey MD
2017: David Jeffery MD
2016: Stewart Newman MD
2015: Cindy Smith MD
2014: Mary-Lynn Theel MD
2013: Kyle Johnson MD
2012: Mike Franz MD
2011: Kathy Flegel MD
2010: Ajit Jetmalani MD
2009: Gene Borkan MD
2008: David Conant-Norville MD
2007: Keith Cheng MD
2006: Ed Mosiman MD
2005: Lee Harrington MD
2004: Teri Shelby MD
2003: Kirk Wolfe MD
2002: Nancy Winters MD
2001: E. Gene Stubbs MD
2000: Richard Angell MD
1999: John Lingas MD
1998: Robert A. George MD
1997: Loretta Loeb MD
1996: Charlotte Cohen MD
1995: William Sack MD
1994: Nancy Grimm MD
1993: J. M. Deeney MD
1992: Harold Boverman MD  
1991: Eugene Taylor MD 
1990: Herbert M. Woodcock MD ​

Children's Mental Health Advocates of the Year:
2020: Lines for Life
2019: Judge Nan Waller & Sandy Bumpus
2018: Representative Alyssa Keny-Guyer
2017: Tanya Tompkins, PhD
2016: Jerry Gabay & Julie Magers 
2015: Bill Boushka
2014: Senator Sara Gelser 
2013: Martin Rafferty
2012: Anne Stone  
2011: Bob Lieberman
2010: Jammie Farrish
2009:David Willis
2008: Lynne Saxton 
2007: Judy Rinkin
2006: Muriel Goldman
2005: Mark McKechnie
2004: US Senator Gordon Smith
2003: Angela Kimball 
2002: Senator Kate Brown​